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Her Stolen Pride , the true story about civil rights activist Mamie King Chalmers written by her eldest daughter Lasuria K. Allman.  She would spend 26 years fighting for her mother's stolen identity, stolen pride, stolen experiences, and rightful place in history. Lasuria would not stop with the first book, but she would continue to tell her mother's story in Her Stolen Pride II and Pride Restored.    Book cover: Her Stolen Tribe I know of you are wondering, who is Mamie King Chalmers?  She is the young woman in all the pictures from the Civil Rights Movement on the front lines.  Mamie King Chalmers was hosed by the Birmingham Fire department and attacked by dogs as you can see in the many pictures caputred by the photographer.  We all have seen these pictures during black history month, in civil rights documentaries, and even in magazines, and TV specials. The photographer Charles Moore sold these famous photos to Time Magazine. Phot...

Exclusive interview with Queen Sabriena Williams discuss her latest novel Royal Word of Encouragement: Volume I and Are you a D.I.V.A? We had the pleasure of sitting down with Queen Sabriena Williams to discuss her latest novel Royal Word of Encouragement: Volume I and her upcoming novel Are You a D.I.V.A?   The wonderful words of encouragement started out as Facebook posts of encouragement to women.   Queen Sabriena Williams is an excellent example of a woman doing God’s work through her ministry.   She gives hope, encouragement, and motivation to women by using her gifts as a writer. Photo Credits: Picture Courtesy of Queen Sabriena Williams     Tell us about Royal Word of Encouragement: Volume I. A Royal Word of Encouragement is a book that is a collection of encouragement.   It started out as Facebook posts.   Every day I would give different women royal words of encouragement.   One particular day, one of the ladies that...

We had the pleasure to sit down and talk with author Rodrick Bates about his latest novel When Faith is Shaken and his inspirations for being a writer.   He is best known for his uplifting and encouraging poetry about relationships.   Tell us about your latest novel, When Faith is Shaken. Rodrick : When Faith is Shaken is actually my latest compilation of poetry. It’s a chapbook of poetry which is a small compilation of poetry usually 30-50 pages and it is also a series.   The title speaks for itself.   It’s an encouraging and uplifting compilation of poems.   I have been known for the people that follow my work that my writing is about personal feelings about relationships, love, and life.   I wanted to shake it up a little bit and write something that was more encouraging people about their life, relationships, and love life.   I wanted people to look at the title and say, they can gain something from it.    Photo Credits: Book cove...

We had the pleasure of sitting down with Toni Larue to talk about her latest novel Abandoned Secrets and her new organization B.I.C. which stands for Beauty, Intelligence, and Confidence.   Toni is passionate about writing and excited about the launching of B.I.C. movement in January 2015. Tell us about Abandoned Secrets.   Toni: Abandoned Secrets is telling a story of a young woman’s journey as she searches for her mother who abandoned her as a child, (Monroe, the main character).   She is convinced that finding her mother and learning why she left is the key to all of her problems.   She doesn’t trust anyone, she can’t really love anyone, and she can’t maintain a long-term relationship. So she feels that if given the answer why, that will make all her issues disappear.   But Monroe’s father is against her finding her mother but the more he insists that she let it go, the more she grows curious.   Monroe teams up with this FBI agent and they...